How to Get Card Reader Working Again on Hp Pavillion

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How-do-you-do all,

I am hoping someone can assistance me with a very frustrating problem.

I have an HP Pavillion zt3000, running Microsoft Windows XP Pro.

I cannot re-create any files to the SanDisk SD Carte du jour (1GB) using the SD Card
reader embedded in the notebook. It throws the "Cannot copy xxxx file.
The Disk is write-protected. Remove the write-protection or use some other
disk" message.

So far these are the troubleshootings I have done.

1) SD Bill of fare is non locked. I double-checked it numerous times.

2) I have already isolated the problem exists with the SD card reader
and not the SD Card itself. When I plug in a divide SD card reader
via USB, copying to/from the bill of fare works just fine. The
problem only exists with the SD Card reader embedded in the notebook.

3) I have downloaded the SD Card Reader program (SP24430.exe) from HP
site that installs the drivers needed. Rebooted and tried again, the
trouble still exists.

iv) I have already downloaded and updated the ROM and BIOS to latest
from HP site.

Btw, I am trying to utilize the SD card to transfer files from my laptop to
Treo 650.

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HP guy told me to endeavour couple things.

i) he told me the same thing yous suggested, so I tried with my
co-worker'southward Palm 1 SD card and that worked FINE!

two) And then he told me to download this HP Enhancement Software for XP
SP2, so I did, but that didn't make my trouble go away.

Then I am left with the conclusion that HP zt3000 Notebook'due south SD card
reader is INCOMPATIBLE with SanDisk's SD menu.

Anyone got a good idea?

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I am _not_ an practiced on SD cards nor on Pavillions, merely do y'all get the
write protected bulletin for all SD cards you lot try?

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frank409@gmail.com wrote:
> HP guy told me to attempt couple things.

> one) he told me the same thing you suggested, so I tried with my
> co-worker's Palm One SD bill of fare and that worked FINE!

Expert. At least it is at present known that the reader in the laptop isn't
completely toast.

Does your SanDisk bill of fare work in your co-workers equipment? (Sorry if
you covered that in the original post)

> 2) And then he told me to download this HP Enhancement Software for
> XP SP2, then I did, but that didn't make my problem go away.

> And then I am left with the determination that HP zt3000 Notebook's SD menu
> reader is INCOMPATIBLE with SanDisk'due south SD card.

That is a plausible hypothesis (I might put information technology in the other society ,
simply starting time I'd also endeavour some other case of a SanDisk SD carte of the
same size if y'all can borrow ane, and then perhaps 1 of the same size
equally your co-worker's Palm One SD carte du jour. (Assuming it was a different
chapters).

My Photosmart 812 photographic camera is at abode right now, (which is where I take
an SD card) and then I cannot look to see if write protect is an electical
switch on the card, or something more than like the onetime 3.five" hard floppy
matter that involved concrete stuff. If the latter, peradventure at that place are
some mechanical tolerance issues involved.

I'g also not certain if in that location may be different versions of the "SD
standard." There are all sorts of versions/options in stuff similar SCSI
which makes compatibility, well, fun...

rick jones
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Mar 15, 2006

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I have the aforementioned problem. My Gateway MX6131 notebook tells me the SanDisk carte du jour is write protected when the disk is not write protected. When I format the card via my notebook, the card becomes writeable through my notebook; all the same, when I place the notebook formatted card into my Nikon camera, the camera gives me the option to format the carte du jour or close downward. In one case the carte is camera formatted and placed in the notebook, the notebook tells me the menu is write protected over again. When I admission the Nikon camera via the USB cable, the write protect problem does not occur. That leads me to believe the hardware works and the software needs work.

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• #6

yeh iv got the aforementioned problem but i dont know anything most sd cards
whatsoever assist?

May 12, 2006

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• #7

put a piece of tape over the switch on the sd card and it will piece of work.

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My friend, I had the same problem, I followed your hint and it worked very well. THANK You!

November 12, 2006

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I'm new to this, but I put record over the lock and it all the same doesn't work. any more suggestions?

• #10

I was getting the same thing on a Dell laptop! Old SD card worked fine, new one said write protected.
I moved the switch slightly towards the lock position and hey presto its at present writable.
I judge the write switch is just not quite in the correct position to active the sensor.

January 24, 2007

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• #11

This is not a figurer specific issue, information technology can happen on any type of calculator..

This is non a reader or sofware specific consequence..

To fix this issue put a slice of tape over the lock surface area..

This will resolve write protection issues with your SD Menu.

After having this same issue andgoing through all sorts of methods this is the Only method that worked.

Jan 25, 2007

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• #12

Putting some tape on the card may not solve this. My girlfriend called me this morning and said her card reader is telling her the menu is write protected. Both crads she had worked fine previously and one of them is an MMC card and so has no write protection tab.

I'm going over to have a look at it afterward and se if I tin figure out what it'south doing.

Feb 5, 2006

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• #13

An SD interface includes a tiny copper finger which the write-enabling tab of an inserted SD card depresses onto some other copper contact thus closing the circuit which enables the writing to take place. I suspect that that tab inside your SD reader is cleaved, aptitude, or somehow inoperable.

Feb 16, 2007

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Indeed. I used to recollect that the write-protect tab operated a switch inside the carte du jour. Not true - the tab is a purely mechanical flipper, with no electric connectedness inside the card. Instead, it toggles (or fails to toggle) an electro-mechanical switch in the SD card reader. Oh my, even the venerable floppy drives used to accept an optical sensor for the write-protect tab, and I don't remember ever meeting a flawed write-protect sensor in a floppy drive... Whereas with the ultra-mod SD media, it seems to be a popular flaw :-/

Taping over the write-protect tab on the SD card may indeed aid, if the mechanical switch inside the reader is flawed in exactly the right way. In my example, it was flawed worse.

On my Fujitsu Siemens notebook, otherwise an excellent reliable machine, I managed to detect out that the metallic finger in the slot is free-floating when the slot is empty, but gets grounded if the finger is pressed.
Next, I was lucky several times. Without voiding any warranty sticker, I managed to find the right hood on the bottom of the notebook, which revealed admission to the CPU, RAM and basically the whole motherboard, including the SMT pins of the SD reader socket. I quickly institute the sensor pin, it was the left-most pivot on the socket. And indeed, if I inserted an bodily carte, the sensor kept trying to shut, but remained open up about of the time.

Then I finally I got the idea that I could just short the pivot to ground "out of band". Put a very sharp tip on my soldering atomic number 26, got almost one cm of hairline wire (a unmarried strand from a piece of left-over stranded wire), and did the micro-surgery. I just needed to cantankerous a narrow gap betwixt the sensor trace and a nearby footing aeroplane, and I zapped my piece of wire to the right pins of 2 suitable SMT devices, which provided uncovered can, easy to solder.

Guess what, the SD bill of fare isn't write protected anymore, fifty-fifty if I toggle the tab on the card to the "locked" position. Who cares about the write-protection anyhow

Thanks a lot, everyone, for posting your comments about the tape-over play tricks, and particularly nigh the "sensor finger". That got me started. Your data has saved me from several days without my notebook, and possibly from a replacement of my known-adept rock-solid motherboard (if information technology ain't broke, don't set up it).

Mar 23, 2007

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I was getting the same matter on a Dell laptop! One-time SD card worked fine, new i said write protected.
I moved the switch slightly towards the lock position and hey presto its at present writable.
I guess the write switch is merely not quite in the correct position to active the sensor.

had this same problem, i have 2 sd cards that i tin can't write on or even format, then i saw this thread...read the higher up post, put the switch betwixt notch and bingo!!

not a sweat at all!!

Mar 26, 2007

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YES Information technology WORKS !

This is non a computer specific issue, it can happen on any blazon of computer..

This is not a reader or sofware specific issue..

To fix this issue put a piece of tape over the lock area..

This volition resolve write protection issues with your SD Bill of fare.

After having this same issue andgoing through all sorts of methods this is the ONLY method that worked.

My photographic camera didn't read my SD card but my reckoner could. Later moving very slightly the switch it worked on botth

Oct 13, 2007

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I tried this tape over and it worked the first time but never over again. I did the taping myself so I know it was done the aforementioned way . Tin can I buy a SD card that works with Panasonic without this write protect stuff or is there something else I can try. This is getting very frustrating.

October 13, 2007

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The SD Cards' "Write Protection" event is not a software outcome or any computer related problem. It is not the problem with your SD card either. The real trouble lies in the Card Reader itself, a stuck WRITE PROTECTION SWITCH in the bill of fare slot. Peer inside the slot and y'all can see on the left a copper lever switch. This is the WRITE PROTECT SWITCH.

If your card reader is out of warranty, you might want to do this simple repair yourself to salve bucks:

Loosen the screws and open up upwardly your menu reader. If you can have access to the bill of fare slot metal cover, you can meet that there is a certain hole on the left just exterior the copper switch we mentioned awhile ago. Confirm the location of the switch and if it is in line with this hole by peering once more within the card slot.

At present insert a needle or a pin inside the hole and push button slightly the lever away from the carte slot wall, being conscientious not to breack the switch. This volition cause the copper lever to bend slightly inwards from the menu slot.

Test if you're successful with this repair. Without the encompass on, connect the card reader to the computer and insert the SD card. If you can now manage to manipulate your files by erasing them, or formating your card, so y'all're washed. Replace everything back inside the cover, and your done!

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ok i did the slide the lock thing slightly towards the lock and it worked but i put the SD carte dorsum into my camera and now i can't view the pictures on my camera but their on the SD card.....please help me!!

October 13, 2007

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jessr2010... I supposed you had accidentally erased or format your carte du jour when your menu reader accessed your SD card. Verify if you tin still open your images using Windows Explorer. If the files are there only you cannot open up it, then your card might be corrupted. Endeavor defragmenting it using Disk Tools by Right CLICKing the Card bulldoze, so Backdrop. If this doesn't work, then your photos might non exist retrievable, and you had to format the card in your camera. Be sure non to slide the SD into LOck position, or the photographic camera might not be able to format it.

As I have said in my earlier postal service, the WRITE PROTECTION problem has nothing to do with the SD carte but with the bill of fare reader itself...

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Just had this same trouble with my fiddling SD reader. Except the problem was with the solder joint, needed a touch with the iron and information technology was dorsum working over again. I looked at the write lock pin closely and information technology was touching the ground just fine.

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Thank you to the help in this forum I take fixed my trouble. It make sense why record would piece of work because it moves the contacts more.
Here is a picture of where the problem is and how to ready information technology. I hope this helps.
Regards Benny
With Nintendo Wii but using SD cards, I expect at that place volition be a lot of users having a like result.

CLICK ON THE PICTURE FOR A BIGGER VIEW.

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I just got the same problem on my menu. Subsequently reading some of these posts, I tried with the record. It did not work. Notwithstanding; after reading all the posts, I decided to employ equally much tape equally possible. I employ the kind of record that you apply when you pigment and so that you do not get paint on the ceiling etc. (Don't know the english word for it). It's rather thick. I used so much tape that I could barely squeeze the card inside the card reader. At present information technology works just fine.

• #24

Thanks JohnDoe999 - I had tried the tape, just subsequently reading your mail I gave information technology another go and IT WORKED!!!

Stupid card reader... I'one thousand non brave enough to effort deconstructing my PC, just will call Acer (yep yeah I know, they're crap!) today and become them to prepare the bloody thing! And then frustrating - especially with kids, you can't begin to imagine how many photos I accept stored all over the place!

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Thanks to manny...

I purchased a new multi carte du jour reader and had same outcome as everyone hither.

If you think back to the old bare cassettes the theory is the aforementioned, but in contrary. I found the metal pin within the SD Carte slot was non out far enough, then the reader idea the write protection tab was in the 'lock' position.

I opened the reader (not actually necessary) and using a fine pivot gently levered the metallic pin away from the inner wall of the slot. Just a real minor adjustment, simply at present it reads the SD cards and allows data transfer...no issues.

Putting tape over the bodily SD Card will not fix the outcome, only brand it worse, every bit the pin inside will remain against the inner wall, thereby ensuring the reader thinking the card is supposed to be protected.

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